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What the federal budget 2025 means for public health care
Canada cannot afford to not invest in public health care. Carney's first budget, released on Nov. 4, has money for hospitals and beds but fails to support the retention of health care workers.


Ontario to boost home care funding by nearly $1B
Finance minister says funding increase will free up hospital beds Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 27, 2025 12:01 PM EDT Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy announced the province will be increasing home care funding by $1 billion over three years, which he says amounts to an 8% funding increase. (The Canadian Press) Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy has announced that as part of the upcoming fall economic statement, the province will be in

Allison Jones
Oct 27


Home care supply shortage due to mistakes by Ontario Health and Ontario Health atHome, sources say
Nov. 11, 2024 Ontario Health atHome says it is doing everything it can to address the situation and “continuing to look for opportunities...

Kenyon Wallace
Nov 11, 2024


Home-care patients say critical medical supplies have stopped arriving since Ontario government changed distribution system
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the government is working with Ontario Health atHome to resolve the “completely unacceptable”...

Kenyon Wallace
Oct 23, 2024


Crushing The People Who Care
Family and friend caregivers are the bedrock of Ontario’s caring system. They are also the least valued by the Ontario government. For...

Patricia Spindel
Oct 20, 2024


Nursing Home Closures in Toronto
“They aren’t nursing ‘homes’, they are institutions. They aren’t long-term ‘care’ facilities, they are institutions. End the...

Ontario Advocacy Consortium
Jul 15, 2024


Ford could break Ontario’s fractured home-care system
Just as the province sees an explosion in demand for home care, it is plunging this service into chaos. By Erin Ariss, Fred Hahn and J.P....

Erin Ariss
Apr 24, 2024


An Ontario Town Was Promised Long-Term Care Beds by Doug Ford 6 Years Ago - It’s Still Waiting
Posted February 9, 2024 Eighty-five-year-old Dianna Ayotte says she doesn’t think she’ll still be around when Sioux Lookout, Ont., is...

Isaac Callan
Feb 15, 2024


Can Community Paramedicine Help Alleviate the Strain on Health-Care Systems?
Patients turn to emergency services because they cannot get care elsewhere. About one-fifth of Canada’s population is 65 years or older....

Christian Lopez
Feb 15, 2024


Ontario's Community Health Crisis: Urgent Action Required for Staffing Solutions
NEWS PROVIDED BY Ontario Community Health 12 Dec, 2023, 09:00 ET The community health sector is witnessing an exodus of workers to other...

Ontario Community Health
Dec 18, 2023


We might as well be talking to a wall
Our health appears to be solely about us, yet the real focus should be on politicians and their influence on shaping public policy, Nolak...

Nolak P. Khopa
Dec 4, 2023


Toronto's Vaccine Rollout at Risk: 4 Clinics on the Chopping Block
Posted November 28, 2023 6:33 pm. Last Updated November 28, 2023 6:46 pm. It’s been more than two years since the City of Toronto widely...

Nick Westoll
Dec 4, 2023


How Will Changes to Home Care Affect You and Your Loved Ones?
Ontario Health Coalition Home Care: Privatization and Dismantling of Public Control Briefing Note on the Ford Government’s Changes to...

Ontario Health Coalition
Nov 12, 2023


Lessons from a city that solved the family doctor shortage
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-lessons-from-a-city-that-solved-the-family-doctor-shortage/ Psst: Don’t tell anyone, but...

André Picard
Oct 22, 2023
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